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<p>Last week, we had our first-ever <a href="/post/mad-world-book-club-cant-buy-my-love">Mad World Book Club</a> meeting, and it was great! As many of you know, we discussed Jean Kilbourne's <i><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/?inkey=62-9780684866000-0&amp;PID=32472&amp;PID=32472">Can't Buy My Love</a></i>, and everyone had lots to say about gender, persuasion, advertising, and fried dill pickle chips (we met at Bernie's Southern Bistro). However, as many of you also know, most of our readers don't live close enough to meet us in person for pickle chips, which is why we're hosting this virtual version of the Book Club. </p>
<p><i>Can't Buy My Love</i> is a book about advertising, but it's also a book about addiction and the ways in which advertising and addiction are related. It's a book about women, and men, and children, and the cultural climate in which all of us exist. The book covers a lot of ground, which means that there's a lot to say about it in a cozy virtual Book Club setting. Let's get to it!</p>
<p>Here are some questions to get the virtual Book Club ball rolling. Note: These questions are related to <i>Can't Buy My Love</i>, but feel free to chime in if you've got something to say, even if you haven't read the book (yet)!</p>
<p>• What, if anything, did you find yourself responding to most in the book? Did you have any "aha!" moments? What were they?</p>
<p>• What, if anything, did you dislike or disagree with?</p>
<p>• Did any of the ad campaigns that Kilbourne used as examples in the text strike a particular chord with you? Why?</p>
<p>• If an updated version of <i>Can't Buy My Love</i> were to be released, what would you like to see included? </p>
<p>• Have you seen the effects of advertising on your personal life? In what ways? </p>
<p>• Which advertisements persuade you the most/least? How do you think this ties in to the connections Kilbourne makes between advertising and addiction?</p>
<p>• What have your experiences been with media literacy? Did <i>Can't Buy My Love</i> inspire you to become a media literacy advocate in any way? How?</p>
<p>• <i>Bitch</i> has the very exciting opportunity to interview Ms. Kilbourne next week. (Yay!) Do you have any questions you'd like for us to ask her? </p>
<p>These are just starter questions, so please jump in with your own questions/comments about the book as well! And don't forget: Our <a href="/events">second Mad World Book Club meetings</a> (both physical and virtual) are coming up next month! We'll be discussing <i><a href="http://www.inotherwords.org/book/9780738208626">Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers</a></i> by Alissa Quart!</p>
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http://bitchmagazine.org/post/mad-world-cant-buy-my-love-virtual-book-club#commentsBook ClubCan't Buy My Lovejean kilbourneMad WorldMad WorldTue, 13 Jul 2010 17:21:11 +0000Kelsey Wallace4204 at http://bitchmagazine.orgMad World Book Club: Can't Buy My Lovehttp://bitchmagazine.org/post/mad-world-book-club-cant-buy-my-love
<p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4454391477_d098ce8097.jpg" alt="" /> <br /><br /> You know how every once in a while someone comes into your life–be it in person or in book, music, film, or some other form–and totally blows you away because they're saying everything you've been thinking, but in a way that is smarter and better than you've been thinking it? Like they took what was inside your brain and made it make sense? <a href="http://jeankilbourne.com/">Jean Kilbourne</a> is one of those people for me. As a young feminist beginning my academic career in media studies, no one hit more nails on more heads for me than she did. I am sure I'm not alone in feeling this way about Ms. Kilbourne and her work, which makes it all the more exciting that her book, <em><a href="http://www.jeankilbourne.com/cantbuy/">Can't Buy My Love</a></em>, is our first Mad World Book Club selection! This very super and not at all Oprah-esque Book Club meeting is on <a href="/events">July 8th</a>, so that gives you plenty of time to get the book and read it (or at least skim it enough to join in, although I bet once you get your hands on that thing you'll want to read it cover to cover). The meeting will be both virtual and local, so don't worry if you can't make it to Portland to participate. We'll be meeting in person at Bitch HQ to discuss the book on July 8th, and we'll have a more structured virtual discussion forum here on the website that week as well. If you've read the book already, please feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments section here to get the ball rolling! <img src="/sites/default/files/OH_Logo.jpg" alt="OH_Logo.jpg" align="left" width="146" height="67" /> <em></em></p>
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http://bitchmagazine.org/post/mad-world-book-club-cant-buy-my-love#commentsadvertisingBook ClubbooksCan't Buy My Lovejean kilbourneMad WorldMad WorldTue, 15 Jun 2010 20:28:18 +0000Kelsey Wallace3401 at http://bitchmagazine.org